A mononuclear nonheme cobalt(iii)–hydroperoxide complex with an amphoteric reactivity in electrophilic and nucleophilic oxidative reactions

Abstract

A mononuclear nonheme cobalt(III)–hydroperoxide complex bearing a tetramethylated cyclam ligand, [(12-TMC)Co^III(OOH)]²⁺, was synthesized and characterized spectroscopically and computationally; the cobalt(III)–hydroperoxide complex exhibited an amphoteric reactivity in electrophilic and nucleophilic oxidative reactions.